Corps commander visits Peshawar school

PESHAWAR: Corps commander Peshawar visited the Army Public School that was attacked by Taliban on Tuesday in which 141 people including 132 schoolchildren were killed.

Gen Hidayatur Rehman visited different sections of the school along with other officers.

He termed the attack as brutal and cowardly act.

Two days ago, this barbaric incident took place in the city in which more than a hundred innocent children were killed. According to eyewitnesses, who were rescued by security forces, six terrorists wearing uniform of security forces barged into the school building and opened indiscriminate fire after taking many children and teachers hostage.

“They were wearing black uniforms and carrying rifles in their hands… They opened fire on students and left many of them dead and injured,” Ahsan Mukhtar, a student spoke to media persons after being rescued. He said he saw four bodies of his colleagues.